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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 3AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (18 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)8888888877788811111412121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)499679428329246202163133107656167605974143243660760708503359297191
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
NW
15
S
15
SSE
5
E
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crossglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassglassglassononglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
1.86
5:33PM
1.76
5:58AM
1.87
6:16PM
1.78
6:42AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
0.21
11:31AM
0.26
11:45PM
0.19
12:14PM
0.23
12:31AM
0.18
1:00PM
0.22
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:31-------8:30-------8:29
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C141414141415161615151515182020171615151519151513
Feels °C (?)1113141414141514141415151820181515141413149109
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